Theatre Porter | Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Cramlington; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is looking for Theatre Porters to join their team. The role includes transporting equipment, moving patients, and ensuring a smooth operation in the theatre environment. Candidates should be compassionate, reliable, and fit for a physically demanding job with flexible working hours including weekends. Training will be provided for the right candidate.

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare is desirable but not essential.
• Ability to work flexible hours including weekends.
• Capable of handling physically demanding tasks.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients and equipment between departments.
• Assist in the training of new support workers.
• Maintain the inventory of clinical waste and equipment.

Skills

Compassionate care

Flexibility

Reliability

Physical fitness

Job description

An opportunity has arisen to join our team of Theatre Porters at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital. You will work as part of a small team supporting the running of the operating theatres.

Duties include transporting equipment and instruments between departments, moving and transferring patients, waste management, stores and the transportation of specimens etc.

You will need to be flexible and reliable in your approach to work and compassionate during patient contact. You will also need to be fit enough to deal with this physically demanding role.

The post involves 7 days working, covering the hours of 08.00-20.30. Experience in healthcare is desirable but not essential as full training will be given to the right candidate.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in the direction of patients and visitors
• Conveyance and movement of patients
• Collection and delivery of pharmacy and sign for drugs, linen, refuse, clinical waste, trolleys, stores, beds, equipment and records to designated areas
• Assist in the training of all new support workers and Portering staff
• Maintenance of equipment
• Deliver to the mortuary
• Transport clinical waste, rubbish etc.

Inside Duties:

• Putting SASD trays away
• Assisting with the movement of patients inside theatres and recovery
• Assist in moving equipment
• Putting away stores in appropriate areas
• Place sealed clinical waste bags into the clinical waste dispenser using appropriate protective gloves and aprons where appropriate

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England.

The provision of a high quality, efficient patient orientated service and compliance with the Trust Patient Confidentiality Policy.

Working on a rotational basis both inside and outside the theatre completing duties as necessary.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.